MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add remaining flour, lemon zest and juice; mix well.

POUR cream cheese mixture over crust. Bake 30 min. or until center is set. Cool completely. Sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. powdered sugar just before cutting into bars to serve.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Variation

Prepare using lime zest and lime juice.

How to Store

Keep refrigerated.

How to Grate Citrus Peel

Always wash and dry citrus fruit before grating. Move the whole fruit up and down on the side of the grater with the smallest holes to remove ONLY the surface of the fruit peel. (The inner white part is bitter.) Continue to grate the fruit until you have the desired amount of grated peel, rotating the fruit on the grater as necessary. Use a pastry brush or old clean toothbrush to aid in cleaning grater.

I've have made this several times and each time I get rave reviews. I don't alwasy put in the same amount of lemon juice and it's still delicious!!!

rayaaana

posted:

2/10/2012

amazing!!! :D Love making these

sherriseymour

posted:

5/30/2011

this is very good and will be making this again

chloebug1211

posted:

4/30/2011

I loved these lemon bars! They were easy to make and my family LOVED them! i am going to make them again for sure!

LoriClodfelter

posted:

8/19/2010

I added a cup of frozen blueberries to it! You have to cook a bit longer until set, but the lemon-blueberry combination was EXCELLENT! I'm making AGAIN for sure!!

abellino

posted:

3/23/2010

These were absolutely delicious. The crust was perfect and the filling light and creamy. I did not change a thing.

FloridaBaker

posted:

3/19/2009

Delicious -- one of my husband's favorite cookies!

BeaDag

posted:

3/19/2009

It was a nice lemon flavor. I used fresh lemon juice.

marymbs

posted:

12/17/2008

These were just ok in my opinion. I brought them to a work potluck and there were leftovers. The recipe was easy to make and I did like the addition of the nuts to the crust. I prefer a traditional lemon bar. There was nothing special about this recipe and I most likely won't make it again. The foil in the pan was unneccessary.